Iran
unveils its new home-made Siyavash an ultra light sniper rifle during a
military exhibition.

Iran
unveils the Siyavash a new home-made ultra light sniper rifle during a
visit by IRGC Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari to an exhibition
of the latest military achievements of the IRGC Ground Force’s Research
and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization in Tehran on November 18.

The new Iranian-made Siyavash ultra light sniper rifle.

Siyavash is a very
light sniper rifle designed and manufactured fully domestically. It
weighs 6.5 kilograms while fully loaded with its five-bullet magazine.
The rifle is now manufactured on a limited industrial scale.

Iran has made major
breakthroughs in arms production in the last three decades. Tehran launched
an arms development program during the 1980-88 Iraqi imposed war on
Iran to compensate for a US weapons embargo. Since 1992, Iran has produced
its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and fighter planes.

Yet, Iranian officials have always stressed that the country's military
and arms programs serve defensive purposes and should not be perceived
as a threat to any other country.